LADY VOL CROSS COUNTRY RISES TO 19TH IN FINISHLYNX/NCAA DIVISION I POLLTennessee To Put Top-20 Ranking On Line Saturday At Paul Short Invitational

Sept. 21, 2004

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After opening the season with a victory two weekends ago
at the Mel Brodt Invitational, the Lady Vol cross country team was rewarded
with a spot in the nation's top 20. UT checks in at No. 19 this week
in the first regular-season edition of the FinishLynx/NCAA Division I Poll.

The Lady Vols, who were 22nd in the preseason roll call, still remain behind
Southeastern Conference foe Arkansas, which is 16th this week. Georgia continued
to receive votes, garnering six this time after boasting 13 in the preseason
rankings. Vanderbilt, meanwhile, lost the two votes it had previously received
and dropped out.

The FinishLynx top 10 remained in the same order, with Stanford, Providence,
Brigham Young, Notre Dame and North Carolina State holding fast to the top
five positions. Colorado, Michigan, Princeton, UCLA and Villanova continue
to fill
the six through 10 spots.

With a 12-0 record from the season-opening triumph in Bowling Green, Ohio,
Head Coach J.J. Clark's squad turns its attention toward meet number two of
the 2004 campaign. The Big Orange women will be in Bethlehem, Pa., at 10 a.m.
ET on Saturday to run in the 6,000-meter Paul Short Invitational. The Lady Vols
were third a year ago in a field of 32 teams at the race, which takes place on
Lehigh University's Goodman Campus.